dreary vs mind-numbing

dreary

adj
  • Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. 

mind-numbing

adj
  • Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation. 

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