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Kafkaesque
adjective
uk /ˌkæf.kəˈesk/ us /ˌkɑːf.kəˈesk/
extremely unpleasant, frightening, and confusing, and similar to situations described in the novels of Franz Kafka: （奥地利小说家）卡夫卡作品风格的；恐怖怪诞的
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。
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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
abominable
abominably
abysmal
abysmally
apocalyptic
fraught
frightful
from hellidiom
fun
ghastliness
noxiously
objectionable
objectionably
odious
odiously
unpleasantness
unpretty
unspeakable
unspeakably
unsupportable
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