Collocations for perverse - adj.

be, seem, sound

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
deeply
This kind of reasoning is deeply perverse.

almost
a little, slightly, etc.
mildly, vaguely
deliberately, wilfully/willfully
Had you truly forgotten or were you just being deliberately perverse?

Perverse is used with these nouns:
delight, incentive, logic, pleasure, satisfaction