ill-looking vs peakish

ill-looking

adj
  • having an unhealthy appearance 

  • unattractive; ugly 

  • of evil or sinister appearance 

peakish

adj
  • Having thin or sharp features, as from sickness; sickly; peaky. 

  • Having peaks; peaked. 

  • Of or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. 

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