miserable vs promising

miserable

noun
  • A miserable person; a wretch. 

  • A state of misery or melancholy. 

adj
  • In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. 

  • Wretched; worthless; mean; contemptible. 

  • Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent; hopeless. 

  • Of the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc. 

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 miserable and promising occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )