clouded vs dismal

clouded

adj
  • Unclear; surrounded in mystery. 

  • Variegated with spots. 

  • Made dim or blurry. 

  • Filled with clouds. 

dismal

adj
  • Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. 

  • Depressing, dreary, cheerless. 

  • Disastrous, calamitous 

  • Disappointingly inadequate. 

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