contemptible vs nasty

contemptible

adj

  • Deserving contempt. 

nasty

adj

  • Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). 

  • Spiteful, unkind. 

  • Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). 

  • Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. 

  • Dirty, filthy. 

  • Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. 

  • Formidable, terrific; wicked. 

  • Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive. 

noun

  • Sexual intercourse. 

  • Something nasty. 

  • A video nasty. 

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