gloomy vs hopeful

gloomy

noun
  • Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic. 

adj
  • Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. 

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

hopeful

noun
  • Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election. 

adj
  • inspiring hope 

  • feeling hope 

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