Antonyms for last strawlast straw

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1. last strawnoun

   Synonyms:
   the straw that broke the camels back, final straw

2. last strawnoun

   A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.

   That’s the last straw; it’s a petty demand but I’m already under too much work. I quit!

   Synonyms:
   final straw, the straw that broke the camels back

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1. • Irritation

Princeton's WordNet

1. last strawnoun

   the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit

How to use last straw in a sentence?

1. Luis Vizcarrondo Jr.:

   But the insurrection was the last straw for me, as a father of three kids, I would never have thought I would see a day like this.

2. Jim Jordan:

   I think the attorney general’s memo is maybe the last straw. Americans have had it with this attack on our First Amendment rights and our overall freedom. When you start telling moms and dads that government knows more about what’s best for your children than you do, I don’t think moms and dads are going to stand for that.

3. Li Ka-shing:

   With this extradition law people thought, Okay, that's the last straw, we have to fight. We have to fight in front of this last frontier.

4. Julie Brady:

   The way Nin Bell handled it. That was the absolute last straw for me.

5. Sally Aiken:

   Without the COVID19 being the last straw or the thing that led to the chain of events that led to death, they probably wouldnt have died.

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