hopeful vs sinister

hopeful

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

adj
  • inspiring hope 

  • feeling hope 

sinister

adj
  • On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer. 

  • Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister). 

  • Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm. 

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