alexithymic vs dismal

alexithymic

adj
  • Lacking in emotion or emotional expression. 

  • Pertaining to or having alexithymia. 

noun
  • A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions 

dismal

adj
  • Depressing, dreary, cheerless. 

  • Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. 

  • Disastrous, calamitous 

  • Disappointingly inadequate. 

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