Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Present-Tense

adj.
intimidated by the awareness that you’re in the present moment, right now, inhabiting the single fleeting second that exists, feeling like a surfer riding a cresting wave across an infinite sea, desperate to keep your balance, but unsure whether to lean forward or lean back.

From present, the moment at hand + tense, in a state of nervous strain.

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Punt Kick

Cover image for the Punt Kick word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Vicarous

Cover image for the Vicarous word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Moledro

Cover image for the Moledro word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Hiddled

Cover image for the Hiddled word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Emodox

Cover image for the Emodox word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows