dire vs unlucky

dire

adj
  • Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal. 

  • Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous. 

  • Bad in quality, awful, terrible. 

  • Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. 

unlucky

adj
  • Unfortunate, marked by misfortune. 

  • Having ill luck. 

  • Inauspicious. 

  • Bringing ill luck. 

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