damned vs promising

damned

adv
  • Very. 

adj
  • Godforsaken. 

  • Used to express vehemently that one is not or does not do something, or refuses to be or do something. 

promising

noun
  • The act of making a promise. 

adj
  • Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion. 

  • a promising young apprentice 

  • Encouraging and inspiring confidence. 

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