groaning vs surly

groaning

adj
  • That groans. 

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

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

surly

adj
  • Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly. 

  • Threatening, menacing, gloomy. 

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