Kafkaesque
adjective uk/ˌkæf.kəˈesk/ us/ˌkɑːf.kəˈesk/
（奥地利小说家）卡夫卡作品风格的；恐怖怪诞的
extremely unpleasant, frightening, and confusing, and similar to situations described in the novels of Franz Kafka
He is caught up in a Kafkaesque bureaucratic nightmare. 他陷入了卡夫卡式的官僚噩梦。
The urban landscape is invested with a nightmarish, Kafkaesque bleakness. 城市景观充满了噩梦般的、卡夫卡式的荒凉。
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- You are in a Kafkaesque situation in which they say, "We believe you are a threat, but we won't tell you why you are a threat."
- "Handcuffs" is a Kafkaesque parable about paranoia and power.
- The new plan for letting disabled students take the required high school exit exam is cruel and Kafkaesque.