mind-numbing vs ornery

mind-numbing

adj
  • Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation. 

ornery

adj
  • Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way. 

  • Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable. 

How often have the words mind-numbing and ornery occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )