harrowing vs hideous

harrowing

adj
  • Causing pain or distress. 

noun
  • The process of breaking up earth with a harrow. 

  • Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan. 

  • Suffering, torment. 

  • Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction. 

hideous

adj
  • Having a very unpleasant or frightening sound 

  • Morally offensive; shocking; detestable. 

  • Hateful; shocking. 

  • Extremely or shockingly ugly. 

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