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2. canonicals, pontificals, pontificalia, robes, liturgical garments, episcopal vestments, Inf. clericals; cloth, habit, ceremonial attire.
3. cover, covering, outer covering; shroud, veil, curtain, drape, shield, screen; hood, cowl, cowling; coat, cloak. veteran, n. 1. old hand, old stager, trouper, Inf. old pro, past master, past mistress; old man, Inf. old timer, old soldier, Inf. war-horse; senior, senior member, dean, doyen.
2. expert, master, maestro, master hand; professional, journeyman, specialist, authority.
-adj. 3. experienced, Fr. au fait, prepared, trained, primed; knowledgeable, versed, practiced, accomplished, finished, polished; skilled, skillful, adept, apt, adroit, dexterous, deft, facile; expert, proficient, masterful, masterly, professional, Inf. pro; topflight, top-drawer, Inf. topnotch, Inf. crack, ace.
4. mature, ripened, seasoned, salted; weather-hardened, toughened, inured, battle-scarred, Inf. through the mil!, Inf. through the wringer; sophisticated, knowing, Sl. in the know, worldly, wordly-wise, Sl. wise, Inf. been around, initiated. veto, n. 1. rejection, thumbs down, nix, nay, no, denial; prohibition, interdiction, interdict, forbid-dance, outlawry; proscription, injunction, disallowance, ban, taboo, embargo; preclusion, prevention, restriction, constriction; stoppage, arrest, check, forestalling; refusal, nonconsent.
-v. 2. reject, turn thumbs down, Sl. nix, nay, nyet, deny, kill; vote down, refuse consent, turn down; quash, smother, subdue, quell; prohibit, forbid, interdict, disallow, proscribe, outlaw, taboo, ban; preclude, prevent, make impossible, rule out; stop, put a stop to, Archaic, forfend. vex, v. 1. anger, incense, irk, raise [s.o.'s] ire, Inf. burn [s.o.] up, Sl. tick [s.o.] off, Sl. tee [s.o.] off; enrage, madden, infuriate, make [s.o.'s] blood boil, Inf. make [s.o.] see red; exacerbate, acerbate, envenom, embitter, rankle, gall.
2. irritate, annoy, pique, provoke, peeve, nettle, chafe, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate, Inf miff, Inf give [s.o.] a pain, Inf. get under [s.o.'s] skin, Inf. get in [s.o.'s] hair; exasperate, ruffle, roil, disturb, perturb, disquiet, discompose, discountenance, put out, try [s.o.'s] patience, get, Sl. get [s.o.'s] goat.
3. bother, pester, hector, harass, Sl. bug, Sl. hassle, Sl. drive [s.o.] nuts or crazy or bananas, Sl. drive [s.o.j up the wall; hound, dog, nag, Sl. ride, Inf. give [s.o.] a bad or hard time; bedevil, torment, tease, taunt, tweak, mock, bully, bullyrag, persecute; trouble, plague, fret, worry, Scot. thraw, Scot. fash.
4. (all with vigor or at great length) discuss, debate, moot, bandy words or opinions; canvass, talk over, go over, Sl. kick or knock around; dispute, contend, argue, wrangle, haggle, Scot. argle-bargle. vexation, n. 1. provocation, fomentation, incitement, incitation, instigation, excitation, agitation, inflammation, deliberate aggravation; provoking, fomenting, inciting, instigating, agitating, inflaming; in-furiation, enragement; infuriating, enraging, angering, vexing.
2. irritation, annoyance, exasperation; nettling, ruffling, disturbing, disquieting; bothering, pestering, hectoring, harassing, Sl. bugging; hounding, dogging, nagging, Sl. riding; tormenting, teasing, taunting, persecuting, bullying.
3. displeasure, discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction, disapproval, disapprobation; anger, ire, dudgeon, high dudgeon, pique.
4. irritant, nuisance, pest, bother, problem, trouble, bur, thorn in the flesh or side, pea in the shoe, salt in the wound, Inf. headache, Inf pain, Sl. pain in the neck, Sl. hassle.