dismal vs war-torn

dismal

adj
  • Disastrous, calamitous 

  • Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. 

  • Depressing, dreary, cheerless. 

  • Disappointingly inadequate. 

war-torn

adj
  • Extensively damaged as a result of war. 

How often have the words dismal and war-torn occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )