Pronunciation: /ˌkafkəˈɛsk/
Pronunciation: /ˌkäfkəˈesk/
Definition of Kafkaesque in English:
adjective
Characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka’s fictional world: a Kafkaesque bureaucratic office
More example sentences
- Subway (Whitney Museum, New York) is perhaps his most famous work - a terrifying vision of Kafkaesque isolation.
- To an outsider trying to decipher the roots of such conflicts, the situation is, well, Kafkaesque.
- Thus begins Symmetry, a Kafkaesque story of Polish prison life.
Words that rhyme with Kafkaesque
arabesque, burlesque, Dantesque, desk, grotesque, humoresque, Junoesque, Moresque, picaresque, picturesque, plateresque, Pythonesque, Romanesque, sculpturesque, statuesqueDefinition of Kafkaesque in:
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