Meaning of saucer-eyed | Babel Free

Definitions

Having round, wide-open eyes, naturally or from an expression of fear, astonishment, etc.

Examples

“The village children gaped saucer-eyed at the newcomers.”

“Barlow[…] had just spent the Summer of Love in San Francisco. Having seen waves of saucer-eyed youth wash up in the Haight, and gotten fairly dilated himself, he believed that civilization was “headed over the falls.””

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