ill-natured vs phlegmatic

ill-natured

adj
  • Synonym of bad-tempered: easily or characteristically angered. 

  • Synonym of malevolent: wishing bad upon others. 

phlegmatic

adj
  • Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish. 

  • Generating, causing, or full of phlegm. 

noun
  • One who has a phlegmatic disposition. 

How often have the words ill-natured and phlegmatic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )