dashing vs spiritless

dashing

adj
  • Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits. 

  • Chic, fashionable. 

noun
  • The action of the verb to dash. 

spiritless

adj
  • Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated. 

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