Deprecate

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–verb (used with object)

1. to express earnest disapproval of. 

2. to urge reasons against; protest against (a scheme, purpose, etc.).

3. to depreciate; belittle.

4. Archaic. to pray for deliverance from. 





　

Downey is spirited and winning in one of the more conventional roles he's played to date, displaying both his quicksilver inventiveness and hangdog self-deprecation. 



As the wilted housewife brought back to full [bloom] by a little Latin loving, Hunt has most of the good lines and delivers them with expert timing. De Almeida is all charm and smooth moves, and Stevens and Zane both make the most of brief roles. 



quicksilver

【化】水銀,汞

wilt

–verb (used without object) 

1. to become limp and drooping, 

as 

a fading flower; wither.

2. to lose strength, vigor, assurance, etc.: to wilt after a day's hard work. 



Productionwise, pic looks to have been one of the choice crew assignments in recent times, with the fabulous locations caught in peak season. Sven Nykvist's lensing, heavy on travelogue, bathes the exquisite settings, and Luciana Arrighi's production design, in rosy warmth. Rachel Portman's able score is abetted by any number of standard and classical tunes.





decry 

(vigorous disapproval, denounce) 

to decry [all] forms of discrimination. 

deprecate

(earnest, thoughtful dispproval)

to deprecate a plan because of possible [environmental] damage.

denigrate 

(speak damagingly of, 

criticize in derogatory terms)

denigrating his works as [trifling & poorly] executed. 

derogate

(decrease value)

Fear of change makes them derogate every [proposal] put forth. 

descry 

(discern, rare)

Through the [fog] we could [vaguely] 

de[s]cry the drifting barge.

Castigate