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Adjective: kafkaesque  ,kaf-ku'esk
  1. Characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger
    "the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations"
Adjective: Kafkaesque  ,kaf-ku'esk
  1. 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