ghastly vs repulsive

ghastly

adj
  • Horrifyingly shocking. 

  • Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal. 

  • Extremely bad. 

adv
  • In a ghastly manner. 

repulsive

adj
  • Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. 

  • Having the capacity to repel. 

  • Cold; reserved; forbidding. 

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