Synonyms for last straw
last 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

Princeton's WordNet

1. last strawnoun

   the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit

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1. • Irritation

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Alexandra Abrams:

   I was like,' Wow, now I see how the most powerful person in the world uses their power.' They use it to continually shore up their position and disempower people around them, and that kind of broke my mind about all the stuff I've been communicating about space and humanity's better future... That was the last straw.

5. Nick Sandow:

   The film depicts the early 1990s. The Gotti trial was the last straw in the coffin, it was the end of an era and he was trying to hold on to this idea of something that really wasn't there anymore.