despicable vs sordid

despicable

adj
  • Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean. 

noun
  • A wretched or wicked person. 

sordid

adj
  • Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible. 

  • Of a dull colour. 

  • Morally degrading. 

  • Dirty or squalid. 

  • Grasping; stingy; avaricious. 

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