gloomy vs pitch-black

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. 

pitch-black

adj
  • Very dark; without light. 

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