horrible vs ominous

horrible

adj
  • Causing horror; terrible; shocking. 

  • Tremendously bad. 

noun
  • A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles. 

  • A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act. 

ominous

adj
  • Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen 

  • Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. 

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