Kafkaesque in Lithuanian
Kafkaesque in Lithuanian is kafkiškas — Kafkaesque means describing a situation that is bewilderingly complicated, illogical, and dominated by faceless authority, so that the person caught up in it feels helpless.
Kafkaesque in Lithuanian
kafkiškas
Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
What does "Kafkaesque" mean?
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adjective Describing a situation that is bewilderingly complicated, illogical, and dominated by faceless authority, so that the person caught up in it feels helpless.
"Getting the paperwork reissued turned into a Kafkaesque ordeal of forms referring to other forms."
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adjective Characteristic of the writing of Franz Kafka in style or atmosphere.
"The novel has a Kafkaesque flatness of tone that makes the horror worse."
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Kafkaesque in a sentence
- Getting the paperwork reissued turned into a Kafkaesque ordeal of forms referring to other forms.
- She described the appeals process as Kafkaesque: every office insisted the decision belonged to another.
- The novel has a Kafkaesque flatness of tone that makes the horror worse.
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What is "Kafkaesque" in Lithuanian?
"Kafkaesque" in Lithuanian is kafkiškas. Kafkaesque means: Describing a situation that is bewilderingly complicated, illogical, and dominated by faceless authority, so that the person caught up in it feels helpless.
How do you use "Kafkaesque" in a sentence?
Example: "Getting the paperwork reissued turned into a Kafkaesque ordeal of forms referring to other forms." In Lithuanian, "Kafkaesque" is kafkiškas.
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