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

Menu descriptions arrive as terse little trios—tuna, foie gras and shiso; cuttlefish, buckwheat and celtuce; turbot, lettuce and sake—but the cooking behind them is anything but abbreviated. — Lela London, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Hollywood may be built on glamor, but the workaday reality is anything but. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

This season has been anything but enjoyable, yet Yan managed to bring plenty back to the Mets in only a matter of days. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

In the early days of the Continental Army, military dress was anything but uniform. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for anything but

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