Haughty, a. [Compar. Haughtier; superl. Haughtiest.]
Etymology: [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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for haughty; he lists it under absolute.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.