Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Haughty \Haugh"ty\, a. [Compar. {Haughtier}; superl.
   {Haughtiest}.] [OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF.
   also halt, fr. L. altus. See {Altitude}.]
   1. High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic]

            To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
                                                  --Spenser.

            Equal unto this haughty enterprise.   --Spenser

   2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
      overbearing.

            A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
                                                  --Clarendon.

   3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

            Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced, Came
            towering.                             --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

haughty
     adj : having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
           those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
           disdainful of their colleagues in other social
           disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly
           manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful
           swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette";
           "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air";
           "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood
           than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: {disdainful}, {lordly}, {prideful},
            {sniffy}, {supercilious}, {swaggering}]
     [also: {haughtiest}, {haughtier}]