great vs ill-fated

great

noun
  • A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. 

  • The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. 

  • An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships. 

adv
  • Very well (in a very satisfactory manner). 

adj
  • Title referring to an important leader. 

  • Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big. 

  • Of significant importance or consequence; important. 

  • Impressive or striking. 

  • Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic. 

  • Much in use; favoured. 

  • Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. 

  • Skilful or adroit. 

  • Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. 

  • Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent. 

  • Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic. 

  • Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. 

  • Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). 

  • Extreme or more than usual. 

intj
  • sarcastic inversion thereof. 

  • Expression of gladness and content about something. 

ill-fated

adj
  • unlucky; doomed. 

How often have the words great and ill-fated occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )