dreary vs gloomy

dreary

adj
  • Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. 

gloomy

adj
  • Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening. 

  • Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. 

noun
  • Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic. 

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