nasty vs smouldering

nasty

noun
  • Something nasty. 

  • Sexual intercourse. 

  • A video nasty. 

adj
  • Spiteful, unkind. 

  • Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). 

  • Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). 

  • Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. 

  • Dirty, filthy. 

  • Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. 

  • Formidable, terrific; wicked. 

  • Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive. 

smouldering

noun
  • The act by which something smoulders; residual heat. 

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

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