pain threshold
noun
: the level at which someone experiences pain
He has a high pain threshold.
She has a low pain threshold.
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As Shannon read up on the former president, he was struck by the politician's strength and pain threshold.
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Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
That stop level depends on your personal pain threshold.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
The President and his allies bully their way through episodes that would engulf an ordinary Administration, one with a capacity for shame and a lower pain threshold for bruising headlines.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
An analgesic medication that works in the brain to reduce mild to moderate pain by increasing the body’s pain threshold and changing the way the body senses pain.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Options that may be most helpful for managing period cramps include:
Magnesium citrate: This type, which combines magnesium with citric acid, may increase your pain threshold.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 11 Aug. 2025
Using a tool to measure how patients perceive stimuli like temperature and touch, researchers in Germany found that women with lipedema had a lower pain threshold compared with other women.
—Francesca Gilbard, NBC news, 10 July 2025
Now, Washington is just waiting to see where a second-term Trump has parked his pain threshold.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Researchers at the University of Washington and McGill University have completed a clinical study to determine if Elemind’s technology can be used to increase the pain threshold of subjects undergoing sedation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
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Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
That stop level depends on your personal pain threshold.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
The President and his allies bully their way through episodes that would engulf an ordinary Administration, one with a capacity for shame and a lower pain threshold for bruising headlines.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
An analgesic medication that works in the brain to reduce mild to moderate pain by increasing the body’s pain threshold and changing the way the body senses pain.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Options that may be most helpful for managing period cramps include:
Magnesium citrate: This type, which combines magnesium with citric acid, may increase your pain threshold.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 11 Aug. 2025
Using a tool to measure how patients perceive stimuli like temperature and touch, researchers in Germany found that women with lipedema had a lower pain threshold compared with other women.
—Francesca Gilbard, NBC news, 10 July 2025
Now, Washington is just waiting to see where a second-term Trump has parked his pain threshold.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Researchers at the University of Washington and McGill University have completed a clinical study to determine if Elemind’s technology can be used to increase the pain threshold of subjects undergoing sedation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
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“Pain threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pain%20threshold. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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