at ease vs despairing

at ease

prep
  • Allowed to refrain from being in rigid formation. 

  • Free of anxiety; not stressed or tense. 

  • In a relaxed position with the feet apart rather than at attention. 

despairing

adj
  • Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. 

noun
  • A mood or display of despair. 

How often have the words at ease and despairing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )