short
abrupt
blunt
brief
brittle
brusque
capricious
changeable
compendious
corruptible
crusty
curt
deciduous
disappearing
dissolving
dying
ephemeral
evanescent
evaporating
fading
fickle
flitting
fly-by-night
flying
fragile
frail
fugacious
fugitive
gruff
impermanent
impetuous
impulsive
inconstant
insubstantial
laconic
melting
momentary
mortal
mutable
nondurable
nonpermanent
passing
perishable
short and sweet
short-lived
snippety
snippy
succinct
disturb
earthly
elusive
ghostly
superficial
transient
uncertain
unreal
vague
very
vivid
beating
cheating
competing
completing
defeating
deleting
depleting
eating
greeting
heating
meeting
mistreating
overeating
repeating
retreating
seating
sheeting
sweeting
treating
unseating