Adjective: kafkaesque ,kaf-ku'esk
- Characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger
"the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations"
- Characterized by surreal distortion, nightmarish complexity, and a sense of helplessness or futility, as in the works of Franz Kafka
"The bureaucratic nightmare he experienced was truly Kafkaesque"
See also: unrealistic
Encyclopedia: Kafkaesque