0 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.
The urban landscape is invested with a nightmarish, Kafkaesque bleakness.
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.
