phantasmagoric vs terrible

phantasmagoric

adj
  • Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements. 

  • Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour. 

terrible

adj
  • Intense; extreme in degree or extent. 

  • Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome 

  • Formidable, powerful. 

  • Unpleasant; disagreeable. 

  • Very bad; lousy. 

adv
  • In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully. 

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