Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Baffled
baffled, verbal adj. [see baffle, v.] (webplay: another).
- Shy; reclusive; introverted; [fig.] closed; tightly packed like a bud; not yet fully open as a blossom; [metaphor] shrouded; bundled up; covered with blankets; hidden by wraps.
- Confused; unsettled; befuddled; dumbfounded; unable to perform.
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