'Kafkaesque' definitions:
Definition of 'Kafkaesque'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
adjective
Characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger; "the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations"
Definition of 'Kafkaesque'
From: GCIDE
- Kafkaesque \Kafkaesque\ prop. a. [fr. Franz Kafka, novelist; especially from his novels such as "The Trial".] Frightening, threating, and bewildering in a vague and unexplicable way; -- of situations or regulations. Often used to describe illogical bureaucratic entanglements with no reasonable solution. [WordNet 1.5]