broody vs dismal

broody

adj
  • Gloomy. 

  • Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs. 

  • Of any creature or person: showing an interest in raising young. 

  • Brooding, dwelling upon one's thoughts; moody. 

noun
  • A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc. 

dismal

adj
  • Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. 

  • Depressing, dreary, cheerless. 

  • Disastrous, calamitous 

  • Disappointingly inadequate. 

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