The situation was Kafkaesque.
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Kafkaesque
//ˌkæfkəˈʔɛsk//
Synonyms for "kafkaesque" (2 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (1)
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1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kafkaagtig adj (marked by menacing complexity)
- kafkaesk adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Arabic
1 entries- كافايكي adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Catalan
1 entries- kafkià adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Czech
1 entries- kafkovský adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Danish
1 entries- kafkask adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Dutch
2 entries- kafkaiaans adj (marked by menacing complexity)
- kafkaësk adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Estonian
1 entries- kafkalik adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Finnish
1 entries- kafkamainen adj (marked by menacing complexity)
French
1 entries- kafkaïen adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Galician
1 entries- kafkiano adj (marked by menacing complexity)
German
1 entries- kafkaesk adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Greek
1 entries- καφκικός adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Hebrew
1 entries- קפקאי adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Hindi
1 entries- काफ़कएस्क adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Italian
1 entries- kafkiano adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Japanese
1 entries- カフカ的 adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Korean
1 entries- 카프카적이다 adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kafkiškas adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Macedonian
1 entries- кафкијански adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Norwegian
1 entries- kafkask adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Persian
2 entries- کافکاطور adj (marked by menacing complexity)
- کافکاوار adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Polish
1 entries- kafkowski adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Portuguese
1 entries- kafkiano adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Russian
1 entries- кафкиа́нский adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- kafkijanski adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Spanish
1 entries- kafkiano adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Swedish
2 entries- Kafkaartad adj (marked by menacing complexity)
- kafkaartad adj (marked by menacing complexity)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom found himself in a Kafkaesque situation.
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That's Kafkaesque.
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The process has in general been Kafkaesque and demoralizing.
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