dreary vs glossy

dreary

adj
  • Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. 

glossy

noun
  • A glossy photograph. 

  • A glossy magazine. 

  • A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles. 

adj
  • Having a smooth, silk-like, reflective (shiny) surface. 

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