Jake and Wanting

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Jake adjective - Being to one's liking.

Usage example: once they hook up the game system, everything will be jake around here

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Wanting is an antonym for jake.

Wanting adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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Jake is an antonym for wanting.

Nearby Words: want, wanted

Jake spends the entire movie wanting to confess his love to Samantha, but is prevented by a crazy party, his drunk (soon to be dumped) girlfriend, and Samantha's eccentric relatives.

Source: I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me
Turns into a Senseless Sacrifice when it's revealed that Erek drained the Pool ship's weapons, not wanting Jake to use them to kill.

Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Literature

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