ghastly vs shocking

ghastly

adj
  • Extremely bad. 

  • Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal. 

  • Horrifyingly shocking. 

adv
  • In a ghastly manner. 

shocking

adj
  • Extremely bad. 

  • Inspiring shock; startling. 

  • Unusually obscene or lewd. 

noun
  • The application of an electric shock. 

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