I want to write the sentence:
Bill helped him when he needed to overthrow the current leader, who is a bully.
Is there anyway to make that sentence flow better? For example, can I somehow use the word bully as an adjective:
…when he needed to overthrow the bully leader.
And the sentence sounds odd. Which word can I use for better flow that would work in day-to-day language?
Best Answer
Unlike some of the other answers I think you can get away with bully leader. You're not really using bully as an adjective but forming a noun phrase. However to me it means the leader of the bullies (rather like gang leader), not the bullying leader you seem to want.