ghastly vs vile

ghastly

adj
  • Horrifyingly shocking. 

  • Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal. 

  • Extremely bad. 

adv
  • In a ghastly manner. 

vile

adj
  • Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid. 

  • Morally low; base; despicable. 

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