scandalous vs villainous

scandalous

adj
  • Malicious, defamatory. 

  • Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal. 

  • Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits. 

villainous

adj
  • Wicked, offensive, or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious. 

  • Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain. 

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