anything but

phrase

: not at all

He looked anything but happy.

Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.

This problem is anything but new.

Examples of anything but in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first two places Katie Rettig lived in New York were anything but conventional. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

If the rituals feel rehearsed, the sport itself feels anything but. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Each of those beads has the potential to generate an acoustic shock wave, leading to a chain of expanding shock waves that trace the lightning’s path through the area, which is anything but a straight line. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Musgraves’ approach is to be anything but subtle in her imagery, so the lyrics can speak for themselves and open doors for other women to be just as candid. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for anything but

• abut
• catgut
• chesnut
• chestnut
• donut
• doughnut
• groundnut
• haircut
• hindgut
• midgut
• precut
• rebut