reprehensible vs scandalous

reprehensible

adj
  • Deserving of reprehension. 

  • Blameworthy, censurable, guilty. 

noun
  • A reprehensible person; a villain. 

scandalous

adj
  • Malicious, defamatory. 

  • Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal. 

  • Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits. 

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