short-lived

Speech parts

1. short-lived - Adjective

2. short-lived - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

short lived

Synonyms

passing transient ephemeral transitory brief temporary briefly fugitive momentary fleeting perishable evanescent fugacious short-term short
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Antonyms

long-lived evergreen long great deep BIG
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Related terms

brief momentary fleeting

Examples

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that decays on growing familiar with its object unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries and kept alive by perpetual miracles rising up to its view. Joseph Addison

Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain. Walter Scott

Useful undertakings which require sustained attention and vigorous precision in order to succeed often end up by being abandoned, for, in America, as elsewhere, the people move forward by sudden impulses and short-lived efforts. Alexis de Tocqueville

Lies are short-lived. Tibetan Proverb

A child's sorrow is short-lived. Danish Proverb

A lover's anger is short-lived. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

short-limbed short-limbed dwarfism short-lined chocolate short-lived brilliance short-lived division short-lived fly