awful vs badass

awful

adj
  • Very bad. 

  • Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively. 

adv
  • Very, extremely. 

  • Awfully; dreadfully; terribly. 

badass

adj
  • Belligerent and troublesome. 

  • Having an extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable. 

noun
  • A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness. 

  • A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior. 

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