groaning vs sullen

groaning

adj
  • That groans. 

  • Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain. 

noun
  • A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil. 

sullen

adj
  • Having a brooding ill temper; sulky. 

  • Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. 

  • Sluggish; slow. 

noun
  • Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness. 

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