dire vs egregious

dire

adj
  • Bad in quality, awful, terrible. 

  • Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous. 

  • Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal. 

  • Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. 

egregious

adj
  • Outrageously bad; shocking. 

  • Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense. 

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