ruddy vs smouldering

ruddy

adj
  • Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky. 

  • A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

verb
  • To make reddish in colour. 

noun
  • A ruddy duck. 

  • A ruddy ground dove. 

adv
  • A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

smouldering

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

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

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