anything but

idiom

: 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

Why Do So Many Women Have a Hard Time Getting an Accurate Diagnosis? Unfortunately, getting diagnosed with an autoimmune skin disorder is anything but straightforward. —Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 7 July 2025

Best Amazon Prime Day Outlet Tech Deals Amazon’s assortment of outlet deals on electronics is anything but disappointing. —Clara McMahon, People.com, 7 July 2025

Yet the weather at this remote clifftop 300 miles above the Arctic Circle that marks continental Europe’s northernmost point is anything but summerlike. —Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025

Led by a rare French-language performance by John Malkovich, who here is being anything but John Malkovich, and the luminous Fanny Ardant in one of her most delicious film turns, Mr. Blake At Your Service! finds successful British businessman Andrew Blake at a crossroads in his life. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 July 2025

Rhymes for anything but

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