this night
The current night
This night refers to the night of the present day—tonight.
The phrase sounds literary or archaic in most contexts, appearing in older texts, prayers, and formal writing: This night I commit my soul to God.
In casual speech, tonight has almost entirely replaced it, though this night persists in poetry and deliberate archaism for emphasis or solemnity.
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- sleep tightNighttime parting wish
- darknessTotal absence of light
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- eveningLate day period
sleepless · shadows · witching · dusk · solitude · vigil · stillness · wee hours · mystery · quietude · twilight · nocturnal · romance · moonlight · bedtime · pillow talk · late · lamp
this nightlast night
The preceding evening
tomorrow night · yesterday · long ago · once upon a time · back then
this nightthis day
The present date
this morning · today · this afternoon · this evening · daylight hours
night, this, knight, nightfall, nighttime, tonight, overnight, nightly, nights