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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective kafkaesque has 2 senses

kafkaesque(a = adj.pert) - relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings;

kafkaesque(s = adj.all) - characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger; "the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

kafkaesque, adj. (of a situation, atmosphere, etc.) impenetrably oppressive, nightmarish, in a manner characteristic of the fictional world of Franz Kafka, German-speaking novelist (d.
1924).