dire vs satisfactory

dire

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

  • Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal. 

  • Bad in quality, awful, terrible. 

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

satisfactory

noun
  • The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them. 

  • Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them. 

adj
  • Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying. 

  • Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient. 

  • Making atonement for a sin; expiatory. 

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