afraid vs saucer-eyed

afraid

adj
  • Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear. 

  • Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. 

  • Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something). 

saucer-eyed

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

How often have the words afraid and saucer-eyed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )