anxiety, worry, sorrow, suffering.
The noun distress is an abstract noun, a word for anxiety or mental suffering, a word for an emotion. The word distress is also a verb.
The word distress has two syllables. (Dis-tress)
The word distress is a noun. It can also be used as a verb.
Distress
The Latin word for trouble is tribulatione. The Latin word molestia means worry and tribulatio means distress. This words are similar in the meaning of trouble.
despair
afflict
Aggrieve
colic
"May day" is the first day in May. "Mayday" is a different word, and is a well-known distress signal for aircraft similar to the function of S.O.S. on a ship.
A big word for stress is "psychological distress" or "anxiety."
Mayday