frightful vs nasty

frightful

adj
  • Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier). 

  • Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming. 

adv
  • Frightfully; very. 

nasty

adj
  • Spiteful, unkind. 

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

  • Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). 

  • 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 frightful and nasty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )