dire vs lousy

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. 

lousy

adj
  • Remarkably bad; of poor quality. 

  • Infested with lice. 

  • Unwell; under the weather. 

  • Dirty or untidy. 

  • Underhanded; mean; contemptible. 

  • Filled or packed (with something, usually bad). 

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