scowling vs ugly

scowling

noun
  • The act of giving a scowl. 

ugly

noun
  • Ugliness. 

  • An ugly person or thing. 

  • Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet. 

adj
  • Displeasing to the ear or some other sense. 

  • Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. 

  • Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome. 

  • Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss. 

  • Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality. 

verb
  • To make ugly (sometimes with up). 

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