kafkaesque
IPA: kˈɑfkʌˈɛsk
Root Word: Kafkaesque
adjective
- Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
- Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of looming danger.
- In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.
Examples of "kafkaesque" in Sentences
- The movie certainly has kafkaesque undertones.
- Seems somewhat confusing, if not downright Kafkaesque.
- I suppose this all looks rather Kafkaesque to this user.
- Let's not turn this into a Kafkaesque scenario like The Trial.
- Anything to propel us from this Kafkaesque horror of a debate.
- Searching for a particular one would be a Kafkaesque nightmare.
- After the Kafkaesque experience, I never want to edit again here.
- Gumm tries to escape the town and is turned back by kafkaesque obstructions.