kafkaesque

CIDE DICTIONARY

kafkaesque, prop. a. [fr. Franz Kafka, novelist; especially from his novels such as "The Trial".].

 Frightening, threating, and bewildering in a vague and unexplicable way; -- of situations or regulations. Often used to describe illogical bureaucratic entanglements with no reasonable solution.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kafkaesque, adj. (of a situation, atmosphere, etc.) impenetrably oppressive, nightmarish, in a manner characteristic of the fictional world of Franz Kafka, German-speaking novelist (d.
1924).