cranky vs surly

cranky

adj
  • Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. 

  • Not in good working condition. 

  • Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”) 

  • Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar. 

surly

adj
  • Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly. 

  • Threatening, menacing, gloomy. 

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