transient
adjective
1. of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
Similar word(s): transeunt
2. lasting a very short time
- youth's transient beauty
- love is transitory but it is eternal
Similar word(s): impermanent, temporary, ephemeral, fugacious, passing, transitory
Sentences with transient as an adjective:
- a transient pleasure
- a transient view of a landscape